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Subject: [Leica] Re: Re: Coating a Plywood Darkroom Sink
From: Jim Brick <jim@brick.org>
Date: Sun, 03 Dec 2000 18:20:58 -0800
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At 12:38 PM 12/3/00 -0800, Mark Rabiner wrote:
>> 
>I agree with Jim that pure Resin and lots of it is the way to go although
I may
>have done only 3 coats and a forth on the bottom surface where the trays
rest.
>
>It's nice to see the wood through it there is no more livable surface to be
>around you can still make out the wood pattern nicly through multitudinous
coats;
>
>and at least for black and white work the resin will repel your darkroom
>chemicals and stay looking pretty good.
>
>mark rabiner


90% of the use of my sinks has been with color chemicals. For years I mixed
my own color processing from scratch, that is, a formula, Ohaus scale, and
the proper raw chemicals which includes sulphuric and hydrochloric acids.
My resin sinks have withstood everything possible, very happily.

Jim

In reply to: Message from Mark Rabiner <mark@rabiner.cncoffice.com> (Re: [Leica] Coating a Plywood Darkroom Sink)
Message from "Steve LeHuray" <icommag@toad.net> (Re: [Leica] Coating a Plywood Darkroom Sink)
Message from Jim Brick <jim@brick.org> ([Leica] Re: Coating a Plywood Darkroom Sink)